NOTIFICATION by William Seruelauedy, of Derby, of a lease to him by the abbot and convent of Burton[-on-Trent] of land in Derby formerly held by Walter, son of William "tinctor," of Esseburn [Ashbourne], which he with consent of Ynga his wife and Symon their son wholly resigned on setting out to...
REPORT by W[illiam] de Muscamp, Archdeacon of Derby, to W[illiam de Cornhill], Bishop of Coventry, of an inquiry held at Derby by him, assisted by Mag. R[obert] de Bosco [Archdeacon of Coventry] and Mag. Zacharias de Chebese [Chebsey, co. Staff.], regarding the chapel of Meysam [Measham, co. Der...
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, chiefly relating to ecclesiastical matters, 1. "Extract of what past between the Greeks and Latins at the Councils of Ferrara and Florence held in the year 1438," etc. f. 1. 2. " A breif note of such matters as weare agreed vpon by the Kinges Majestie his Lordes of the Co...
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
ORIGINAL LETTERS from lawyers, scholars and others addressed for the most part to Thomas Parker, Lord Chief Justice 1710, Baron Parker 1716, Lord Chancellor 1718, Earl of Macclesfield 1721 (ob. 1732); 1704-1739. A few draft replies of Lord Macclesfield are interspersed (ff. 46, 112, 246, 430, 43...
PAPERS relating to Derby and Coventry, viz.:- 1. Transcript of royal charters granted to the borough of Derby; tempp. Hen. II.-Chas. II. f. 1. 2. Papers concerning the project of making the Derwent navigable up to Derby, viz. (a) Letter from the Mayor and Burgesses of Derby to [Thomas] Parke...
Release and remittance by Edward Heather otherwise called Edward Reames of the town of Derby, dyer, to William Butler of the said town, tanner, and Sisley his wife, of all debts, suits, etc. against the said William and Sisley Butler 'from the beginning of the world' until the date of these pres...
Sale by Sir Harry Grey, knight, lord Grey, and Dame Margaret his wife, to William Roodes of Nottingham, of all trees, wood, underwood and brush now growing in a close of the said Harry lord Grey called Knowthall [Knowts Hall] lying between Boterley park on the west and Codnor park on the east, a...